Shield (Large)
One-handed
20 Deflection
-10 Accuracy
Value: 5cp
Large shields are used when a warrior needs the best protection possible, even if that means sacrificing some accuracy in exchange. Though they typically taper like an inverted “teardrop,” large shields come in a variety of shapes, often emblazoned with heraldry.
Fine Large Shield
One-handed
20 Deflection
-10 Accuracy
Fine: +5 Deflection
Value: 205cp
Exceptional Large Shield
One-handed
20 Deflection
-10 Accuracy
Exceptional: +10 Deflection
Value: 405cp
Thy Clef
One-handed
20 Deflection
-10 Accuracy
Exceptional: +10 Deflection
Safeguarding: +10% of incoming Crits coverted to Hits
Value: 605cp
This impressively large shield boasts a relief of Dev Clef. An important Glanfathan landmark, Dev Clef was the site of a brutal battle between the Glanfathans and Dyrwoodans during the tumultuous period before the Ten Years’ Treaties were signed. The crags and caves along the cliffs provided the Glanfathans with plentiful cover from which to stage their attacks against Dyrwoodan forces, allowing them to duck out of sight the moment a threat emerged. Given this natural advantage, the Glanfathans succeeded in driving the Dyrwoodans from the region.
Larder Door
One-handed
20 Deflection
-10 Accuracy
Bashing 3: Grants Bash.
Interrupt: 40 (Average)
Effects: Target: 10-15 Crush vs. Deflection
Value: 305cp
This shield appears to have once quite literally comprised the front of a larder. It still has the pull-ring and metal cross-bands reinforcing its surface, giving it considerable heft when swung at an opponent. Despite its humble origins, the nicks and gouges on the shield’s surface suggest it has seen more than a few battles in its time and proved a sturdy defense—though it leaves the harrowing prospect that there may be a larder somewhere lying undefended.
Old Gerun’s Wall
One-handed
Large Shield
20 Deflection
-10 Accuracy
Superb: +15 Deflection
Vigilance: +10% of incoming Hits converted to Grazes
Value: 805cp
Everyone in Baelreach knew Gerun as a grumpy old man with an inordinate fondness for beets and no patience for chit-chat. None knew him as the Aedyran bruiser whose own troubled past had forced him to seek a fresh start in the colonies.
So when Aedyran soldiers marched into Baelreach at the start of the War of Defiance, it surprised everyone when Old Gerun joined the village defenders with a shield and sword and went toe-to-toe with the Aedyran forces, holding them back, as well as any of his younger comrades.
Ilfan Byrngar’s Solace
One-handed
Medium Shield
15 Deflection
-5 Accuracy
Exceptional: +10 Deflection
Preservation: +10 Defense while Stunned, +10 Defense while Prone
Value: 505cp
Ilfan Byrngar was not the most adept soldier. Rather, he was quite prone to stumbling over his own feet. Well aware of his failings, his family crafted him a shield of exceptional heft and durability, trusting that if he could not rain blows upon his enemies, he might at least prevent them landing any upon him in turn.
The shield proved effective in this regard, for Ilfan was so thoroughly obscured by the shield, even while lying dazed in the mud, that many enemies sought out new targets out of sheer frustration.
Medium Shield (Round)
One-handed
Medium Shield
15 Deflection
-5 Accuracy
Value: 5cp
Medium shields offer a moderate improvement in protection with a small reduction to accuracy. They are the most commonly-used shields in the Dyrwood and come in a variety of shapes.
Medium Shield (Heater)
One-handed
Medium Shield
15 Deflection
-5 Accuracy
Value: 5cp
Fine Medium Shield (Heater)
One-handed
Medium Shield
15 Deflection
-5 Accuracy
Fine: +5 Deflection
Value: 205cp
Redfield
One-handed
Medium Shield
15 Deflection
-5 Accuracy
Fine: +5 Deflection
Harbinger: Grants Harbinger. (Passive: Foe AoE: -3 Accuracy over 3 sec vs. Will)
Area of Effect: 2.5m Radius (base 2.5m) from Caster
Effects: Foe AoE: -5 Accuracy for 3 sec
Value: 405cp
This battered shield saw use in one of the bloodiest battles of the Broken Stone war, after which it fell into Glanfathan hands. Though the shield’s name first referred to the original bearer’s heraldry, these days it serves as a reminder of the sea of corpses that once littered the fields of the Dyrwood. The shield retains its vibrant hue, and the flash of crimson often proves a distraction to foes.
Xaurip Medium Shield (Heater)
One-handed
Medium Shield
15 Deflection
-5 Accuracy
Value: 5cp
This rough and battered shield was used by a xaurip.
Engwithan Shield
One-handed
Medium Shield
10 Deflection
-10 Accuracy
Value: 5cp
Engwithans are legendary for their architecture and magical abilities, but their metalcraft leaves much to be desired. This bronze shield is beautiful, but heavy and slow.
Scâth Gwannek
One-handed
Medium Shield
15 Deflection
-5 Accuracy
Superb: +15 Deflection
Minor Spellbind: Winter Wind: Grants Winter Wind.
Causes an icy wind of incredible power to arise, pushing back all in the area of effect and inflicting Freeze damage.
Area of Effect: Length: 10.0m (base 10.0m) 60° Cone
Interrupt: 40 (Average)
Effects: AoE: 30-50 Freeze, 5.0m Push vs. Fortitude (+10 Accuracy)
Value: 805cp
Found in one of the early raids of the Engwithan ruins in the White March, Scâth Gwannek (“Winter Shield”) was given to the Aedyran lord thayn in charge of Fort Bonepicker. Unaware of the shield’s power and too vain to trust in an artifact from the ruins, the lord thayn hung it in the council chambers of the fort as a symbol of Aedyr’s mastery over White March and its native tribe, Stone Bramble.
Shield (Small)
Fine Small Shield
One-handed
Small Shield
10 Deflection
Fine: +5 Deflection
Value: 205cp
Though they don’t offer much protection, small shields do not interfere with a warrior’s accuracy at all. Unlike larger shields, which are worn on the forearm, small shields are held in the hand.
Exceptional Small Shield
One-handed
Small Shield
10 Deflection
Exceptional: +10 Deflection
Value: 405cp
Outworn Buckler
One-handed
Only usable by: Paladin
Small Shield
10 Deflection
Herald: +5 All Defenses
Value: 205cp
This simple wooden buckler would not be out of place in a pile of surplus training shields. Painted green, it has two black iron straps across its front that form a large “X.” It looks like it has taken more than its share of blows and may have been in use for far too long. But far from ordinary, the buckler is in fact thousands of years old, its preservation a testament to a transcendence of its humble creation.
The buckler originally belonged to one of the founding members of the Darcozzi Paladini when she was just a squire, thousands of years ago in the glory days of Old Vailia. As it accumulated damage from war and weather, the buckler became an extension of the paladin’s own irrepressibility and protectiveness, as well as a symbol that inspired those in her charge. She wore it in every battle of her long and distinguished career, and though the paladin’s name would eventually succumb to the ravages of time, the shield has yet to do the same.
It is said the shield was so partial to its original master that it will allow none but a paladin of similar conviction to touch it, and in times of need it has a way of making it into the hands of those whose souls mirror the greatest qualities of the Darcozzi founder.
Little Savior
One-handed
Small Shield
10 Deflection
Superb: +15 Deflection
Preservation: +10 Defense while Stunned, +10 Defense while Prone
Herald: +5 All Defenses
Value: 905cp
Little Savior was the nickname given to an orlan warrior from the Guided Compass tribe who defended Glanfathans and settlers alike during the Broken Stone War. He argued for peace to any who would listen. Few did, and so he reluctantly threw himself into countless battles, stalling aggressors while the defenseless fled.
Sura’s Supper Plate
One-handed
Small Shield
10 Deflection
Fine: +5 Deflection
Retaliation: Retaliate when hit by a Melee Attack
Value: 305cp
Stolen from the table of ogre matron Sura by Ferron Dulca after he infiltrated her compound to assassinate her, Sura’s Supper Plate became the assassin’s running joke. In the moment of his triumph, Ferron pulled the iron plate from under the matron’s lifeless head and held it up like a shield. Thinking himself quite clever, he took the plate and several of Sura’s eating utensils to a local blacksmith and had a shield fashioned from them.
The sharp blades protruding from the front of the shield proved an excellent deterrent against foes at close range, and Ferron took to wielding it regularly—until he lost his shield, his arm, and his life to Sura’s daughter.
Aila Braccia
One-handed
Small Shield
10 Deflection
Fine: +5 Deflection
Reflection: Ranged Grazes reflected back at attacker
Value: 505cp
This small shield is of lightweight construction, intended to be maneuvered in as swift and dynamic a fashion as its namesake. Despite the fine craftsmanship, it was most famously known as the weapon of a pit fighter, who used the shield and a distinctive, dance-like fighting style to turn his opponents’ attacks against them.